In article <3f95824c$0$11004$fa0fcedb@lovejoy.zen.co.uk>, ST wrote:
> a) moving my 2nd week 'logistical base' from Kyoto to Osaka. I'm
> getting a good accommodation deal over there and train
> times/connections are somewhat more practical imo.
YOU'LL BE SORRY!! Actually, if you are as interested and curious in
Japan as you seem, eager to see as much as possible, etc., it hardly
makes any difference where you start--you'll be back!
Where will you be staying in Osaka?
> b) the decision to spend two nights in Nagasaki. Despite the long slog
> on the way back to Tokyo it will be worth it. I want to check out the
> Portuguese influences and, besides, the return train(s) journey will be
> quite useful to prepare my trip report!
I truncated all but one disjunct sentence in a earlier comment in which
I mention that Hiroshima is a shlep from Kyoto (particularly for what
it has to offer). The full spiel, is that you might consider a night
or two in Fukuoka/Hakata. This would allow access to Nagasaki (which I
think is a charming town) and points south, as well as Hiroshima,
Miyajima nd other points of interest in that area of Japan. I like
Fukuoka a lot.
Nagasaki as a base is more difficult too, since the train line isn't on
the JR pass, or at least not convenient.
> Including Nagasaki meant dropping a few day-trips like, for instance,
> Koya-San and Kobe. They will have to wait a few more months until my
> next visit!
We had a great time in Kobe; booked for two nights but extended to a
third. And we left much left to do there. Finally got a line on hostess
bars and what that's all about. Damned interesting.
We tried to make Koya-San but enough is enough, we just couldn't jam it
in. We hope to take it in in a future trip to the Chubu area that
bases partially out of Nagoya and explores the Shima peninsula
> As for Tokyo, I'm planning to stay as much time as possible roaming
> boundlessly across the city with just a day-trip to Nikko, probably in
> day 5.
>
> Counting the days already and around 5 months to reacquaint myself with
> the art of chopstick'ing!!!!!
--
///--- Vote for the richest Republican. He understand the common man. |